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Goofy A
Angela looked up into her doorway and the man candy that was blocking the light from falling across her painting. She had been expecting Hodgins, Brennan, or Cam and was pleasantly surprised to see Booth. "How did it go at the aquarium, Stud?" She asked raising her eyebrows. "Fine" he said only semi-irritated, he'd gotten used to her comments a while back. "Was Brennan ok?" in this question her tone changes, as does her face to a more concerned persona. "Fine, she had a blast with the dolphins" Booth answers. The questioning look on his face prompts Angela to say, "Then you're here because…"
"Because Parker's school is having a carnival/fair thing, and I'm rarely there for Parker at his school, so I volunteered to run the whole thing and now I need help" Booth's face begs her to agree. "Cam agreed to organize the event and to let you guys help the day of, I just need your help getting them to agree" he continued. "Sure," Ange agrees, "I'll go talk to them now".
She convinces Brennan as soon as she says it's for Parker. Brennan then tells Zach he has to go. It takes some convincing and promises of what will happen after to convince Hodgins but soon they all agree. Later that day Cam calls a meeting announcing she has made the positions for the carnival. "One food vender, one face painter/tattoo-er, three game runners, one person to direct the kids and teachers, one person to oversee the whole production, 7 positions. One for each of you, Dr. Brennan, Dr. Hodgins, Zacharoni, Angela, Dr. Sweets, Booth and one for me" Cam announced. "Sign-up List is going to be on this desk. It's first come, first serve so sign up soon," she advised. Hodgins snagged the list out of her hands and wrote on it. Angela called out "I call the list next". He wrote Zach's and handed it to her. Booth then stole the list and added his name and Brennan's. Finally Cam added her name before Sweets got the list. "First come, first serve," Cam reminded him smirking. Sweets groaned and added his name.
Sign-Up List
Food Vender- Dr. Sweets
Face Painter- Angela
Game Runner-Hodgins
Game Runner- Zach
Game Runner- Booth
Director of Kids and Teachers- Bones
Overseer- Cam
Brennan saw what job she was given and turned to Booth, "because they know you," he responded before she even asked her question of why she was overseeing the kids. Cam called out as everyone left "I will get all the supplies just tell me what you need". "Paint and brushes" Ange called. "I'll get what we need," Hodgins said to Zach before going to join Angela. "Clipboard and class lists" Bren requested. "A game and the supplies needed" Booth joked. "3 hula hoops would be good to" he offers. They all leave in the flurry of which they had arrived.
The day of the festival all the squints arrive bright and early for set-up. Booth arrives soon after with Parker and a football in tow. "Hi Baby Booth" Angela says in greeting. Parker smiles and waves to her before running to hug Brennan. Bren puts down her clipboard and hugs him back. "She's great with him" Angela remarks watching the two interact. Soon the kids arrive and they split up. Brennan looks happy directing all the children who pepper her with questions such as "What's your job? How come Parker calls you Dr. Bones…" Cam is sitting in a lawn chair watching festivities ready to jump in if needed. Booth is helping the children throw the football through a suspended tire for prizes; he then is going to have them do a hula-hoop contest before sending his group to Hodgins. Hodgins is doing a beanbag game and bug races with cockroaches then his group is sent to Zach. Zach was doing a game where you pick up a rubber duck and the color dot is the corresponding prize size you can choose from. He also does a small dig in a sandbox for "bones" to identify with each group forming a simplified skeleton. Angela was the final rotation before the cycle began again.
Angela was the biggest hit because it was fun, easy, and they could pick what ever they wanted to be painted on their face/hand/arm. They also liked her station because there were no scary bones or bugs, plus she was behaving a lot like a kid herself. The children could open up to her as she asked their name, what they wanted painted, what colors, and their hobbies. She then showed them their face in a hand mirror and called them each "beautiful" or "handsome". After that she sent them to Cam who supervised the children who were playing kick ball.
Parker was the last face she had to paint before they all went to eat lunch together. "Hey Buddy," she says helping him up into the chair. "What do you want painted?" she questions. "A American flag on my arm and a army face" he answers. "An American flag tattoo?" "Yep" he agrees. "A bit cold" she warns pressing the damp towel to his arm. "What sport are you doing now?" she asks him while peeling off the paper backing to reveal the tattoo with the words USA stamped across it. "Football and hockey" he replies as she begins to paint him. Angela laughs as he, like all the other students, sits up straight barely breathing to avoid messing her up as she paints their faces rainbows of colors and sparkles. "Why are you laughing?" Parker asks out of the side of his mouth. At this Angela cracks up, she takes a deep breath and says, " 'cause your sitting like this" imitating a solemn statue. "Ok all done" she sends him off to play.
They then gather for a lunch of hot dogs and chips. The adults group together discussing the children. "One thought an finger bone was a toe" Zach laughs looking surprised when no one joined in. "One threw a football at you know" Booth says looking down. "Ouch" Hodgins laughed "all I had were the ear-piercing screams of 6 year old girls afraid of bugs. And you Babe?" Angela grins, "They were all angels for me". "Because they didn't want to end up as clowns" Booth explained as Parker ran up. "Hey Bub" Booth greeted him "did you have a fun day?" "Yep" Parker agreed. "What did you learn?" Brennan asked him. They were all surprised when he actually answered her question. "Daddy has a veryyyyyy high voice sometimes and is very bad at hula-hooping. Dr. Hodgins is very compete-ative and cheats to win bug races. But I beat him anyway," Parker adds proudly "A toe bone is very different than a finger one, and Zach is mad if you don'tknow which is which. I'm good at kickball. And Angela is a very goofy person." At these proclamations they all laugh. "What did Angela do?" Booth asks suspiciously. "She looked like a stone person" Parker answered copying her. "I was just imitating him" Angela defends her action and shatters her defense with "he started it" sticking out her tongue a bit. "Did not" "Did too" "Did not" "Ok this is ridiculous, I'm arguing with a 6 year old" Ange said rolling her eyes. "6 and ½ " Parker corrected, "That's why you are goofy". He then ran off to join his friends.
"Goofy, childish, wild, immature, silly, kind, sweet, irresistible…" Hodgins trailed off tracing circles on her back. She kisses him sweetly. "Goofy" he said as they separated. She hit his arm softly before snuggling him to watch the children. "Watch the PDA people" Cam said. This could be her life, her family, her joy Angela thinks with a trace of a smile. She takes in the moment with Booth, Brennan and Parker playing, Zach talking to a group of wide-eyed children, and Cam talking to the teachers. She looks up at Jack and kisses him. "I saw that," Cam yells across the pavement. Ange smiles at her angelically before kissing Jack again anyway. He laughs at her and presses a kiss to her forehead. She watches life imitate art, content in Jack's arms.